curtain; field staff headquarters; secret meeting place
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
to add to one's experience; to become skillful
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
messenger; envoy; emissary
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
something; some kind of; for some reason
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
preparatory phase; preparatory period
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
groundless rumor (rumour)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
place; situation; position; location
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
viceroy; governor-general
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to say; to be called; to do
urgency; exigency; emergency
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to ask; to enquire; to query